The City With the Latest Bedtime Is…

Let's just say, you won't be shocked.

Seeking shut-eye in the big city? You're out of luck. At least that's what the makers of the Jawbone UP fitness tracker, which also tracks your sleep patterns if you wear it to bed, found in a new report. The company recently mapped out how its one million users sleep, and they found that New York City residents stay up the latest (they don't call it the City That Never Sleeps for no reason).

In fact, Brooklyn users had the latest bedtime (12:07 a.m.) of any county in America. But users that live in party capitals Miami, Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and New Orleans also hit the sack pretty late. Overall, Jawbone found city dwellers got less sleep in general; not one major city got more than the usually recommended seven hours a night, while suburbs and rural areas got a better amount of shut-eye.

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Another interesting finding: After mapping the sleep data across counties, Jawbone found that daylight has a huge effect on how much sleep people get. People on the western edges of time zones go to bed later than people on the eastern side. That's especially evident in states that cross multiple time zones, like Kentucky and Tennessee. Sounds like it might be time for them to invest in some blackout shades.

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We should note that since the population studied is self-selecting, the study isn't exactly the most scientifically rigorous. The Washington Post points out that if you own a Jawbone UP, you likely care more than the average person about your sleep patterns, and about your health in general. Plus, users of the pricey tracker are more likely to be of a high socioeconomic class than the average American, and they might not be equally distributed across the United States. But with all that in mind, it's still a fascinating look at when Americans in different parts of the country actually fall asleep at night.

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Curious if your bedtime syncs with the Jawbone users in your area? You can check one of the company's interactive maps.